Whole Body Vibration Exercise Training for Institutionalized Elderly

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Geriatric Disorder

Treatments: Device: Whole body vibration; Behavioral: Conventional exercise; Behavioral: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01735682

HSEARS20120730001

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is hypothesized that whole body vibration exercise group will have significantly more improvement in physical functioning and reduction in fall incidence among institutionalized elderly, compared with conventional exercise group and control group.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Functional Ambulation Category 1 to 4
• able to understand simple verbal commands
• able to tolerate intermittent physical activity for at least 45 minutes
• able to perform knee flexion >45 degree
• able to stand with or without support for 1 minute or more

Exclusion criteria

• peripheral vascular disease
• any symptoms associated with vestibular disorder
• any contraindications to exercise (e.g. unstable angina)
• any serious illnesses that preclude participation (e.g. cancer)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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68 participants in 3 patient groups

Whole body vibration

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive whole body vibration and conventional exercise training (1 hour per session, 3 sessions per week, for 8 consecutive weeks).

Treatment:

Device: Whole body vibration

Conventional exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive convention exercise training (1 hour per session, 3 sessions per week, for 8 consecutive weeks).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Conventional exercise

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will have exercise training that involve only the upper limbs (about 30 minutes per session, 3 sessions per week, for 8 consecutive weeks).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control